Stephen Pollard: Hamas has so far failed?to keep up its end of the ceasefire deal

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : to keep up its end of the ceasefire deal To understand the context of Israel's airstrikes on Hamas on Tuesday, you need to understand the most important point about the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas that resulted in the return of the remaining living hostages.
43% : Although it has the potential to become something more than a ceasefire agreement - a fully-fledged peace deal and a roadmap to a new accommodation between Israel and the Palestinians - it is not yet that.
40% : Although Israel has said it will resume the ceasefire, it has in principle every right to regard it as over, since Hamas has not only continued its attacks, but has refused to honour the terms of the deal.
39% : Israel has given Hamas a large amount of leeway, doing everything it reasonably can to keep the deal alive, despite the terror group's behaviour.
36% : During the Gaza war, Israel made clear that Hamas could end Israel's military operation by handing over the remaining hostages.
25% : When it finally did, after Mr Trump forced Qatar to instruct Hamas to play ball, Israel did indeed halt its operations.

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